Kindergarten

Santa Claus I called it a Santa Makeover but my clever students renamed it to: Operation HO HO HO! I thought it was very funny and appropriate! The assignment came in the form of a letter from SC. Who is SC? Santa Claus of course! ...Read More »

Shadow Puppets Kids love a production – this time we put on a shadow puppet show! The kids made up their scripts, designed their puppets – then it was time to rehearse. It was hard to capture in a still picture of it but the kids thoroughly enjoyed it! This could also be accomplished...Read More »

Stuffed Animal This summer I had the pleasure of spending time with Hannah and Isabela, sisters and great kids. They designed these stuffed animals on paper, picked out fabric and helped pin and cut out the pattern. I helped them pin together the two pieces and sew them together. With their inspiration, we added...Read More »

Welcome Back Scholars Every year I try to come with a different way to greet my students when they return from summer vacation and I found this great site for coloring pages! I selected the alphabet which they have animals that begin with the letter sound. Neat way to incorporate other skills too! ...Read More »

Why Are Bird Beaks So Different? During our week on birds, we tested out different beaks to figure out the kind of food each beak would eat. To prepare I: One beak was tongs and I took 2 Popsicle sticks and inserted a small piece of crinkled up paper between taped it together so...Read More »

Kaleidoscopes We made kaleidoscopes and they became kazoos! We paraded them down the hall as Kazoo-i-scopes! To make the kaleidoscopes you’ll need: a paper towel roll a plastic sheet protector (cut into 8″x4″ then measure off 1 1/4″ three times and the last 1/4″. Fold the shape into a triangle and use the last...Read More »

Watercolor and Pastel Birds This activity came out so well – the pictures were wonderful. We discussed features of birds with my students and they came up with: beaks, wings and claws. Then it was time to created their own. They used pastels to draw the outlines and then painted in the rest with...Read More »

While studying nocturnal animals my students made stencils then used them to paint t-shirts. Using the stencils helped my students differentiate the between racoon, possum, and skunks. TweetRead More »

Mix up some Moon Sand to play with! Making Moon Sand is easy and fun! I have made this in batches in a large storage container so it can be closed up and used another day. The materials are: 6 cups of sand 3 cups of corn starch 1 1/2 water (you can add...Read More »

Solar System These marvelous pictures were made using water colors on white paper. My students first painted the planets on the white paper and while they were drying they splashed water colors on the black paper for the background of stars. This part is best done outside! When the planets were dry, it was...Read More »